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So, I promised you a tour of the kitchen. At this point, she looks tidier than ever. Well, not that ever, but it's the cleanest look I can achieve right now in its current state. Um, this is a small kitchen with very limited work surface. Um, and without a dishwasher. Oh my God. This is the first time in many years that I don't have a dishwasher, and the sink is very small. So that basically means I'm constantly washing dishes. And if I don't wash it constantly, then every 5 minutes it's like an explosion happens here, because I just can't She is small. I won't say it's perfectly planned, because it's not. I can't afford a complete kitchen remodel. So I'll just upgrade it, and that work
starts tomorrow. A tiler will come to my place to lay tiles, and the countertops will be covered with microcement. But yes, before that, I decided to give you a little tour. I'll start with the oven. When I moved in here, the oven had been rented for many years, so it and the hood were simply covered in a sticky layer and very thick grease. I tried so hard to wash it off, but I just couldn't. And in the end, I decided that I would have to buy a new hood and a new oven. So I chose Smeg. Of course, Smeg is a very well-known brand and has great reviews, and I like that it has legs so I can sweep and mop the floor underneath it.
The crumbs always end up behind the oven somehow, and I hate the fact that they're impossible to reach. I haven't experimented much with baking in this oven yet, but I'm concerned that the temperature only changes in 10-degree increments, which doesn't sound like much, but it's actually significant. Remember, for example, when there is a 10 degree difference in the summer. How hot it gets then. And baking is a pretty sensitive matter. So I hope it won't be a big problem. I will have to adapt. The oven looks very nice. So everything is fine. I also have Our Place, I think they are called Wonder Oven. I won't lie to you. I only took it because it's very pretty. Um, but I actually use it every day.
I mean, look. All the air fryers I've seen are just so ugly. Really, they are so scary. You can't have a nice, clean kitchen and then shove a huge black air fryer in there and feel at ease. So I bought this Wonder Oven. Um, and she's really great. She, of course, fries without oil. Makes toast. Grilling. Can bake. True, I have n't baked anything in it yet. I want to try baking chicken in it. It's not like I bake meat often. I don't eat much meat at all, but people do it all the time. And it seems to be coming out pretty well. So I'll try to do that. She has a wonderful color. It kind of defined the rest of my kitchen's color scheme, and I think that's a good thing. You can
design a room entirely around one thing, right? There is not much work surface here. I'm going to cover the countertops with microcement. I was thinking of doing it myself, but when the master came to evaluate the other work, he said, "I'm actually a microcement specialist, and this is very difficult." I'm like, "Oh, you know what? I don't have time for complicated things right now, so why don't you do this?" He will take care of this, and he will also lay the tiles, quite simple , the cheapest. You know, it's good to save a little. Um, I'm repainting my cabinets. I'm painting… I'll show you the colors in a minute, but I'm painting my cabinets. I'm still painting my pens because, oh my god, I spent hours on websites trying to find
pens I like, but I couldn't find anything, so I'm just going to try spray painting the ones I have a different color. I hope this works. I relaid the floor when I first moved in, because the old one was made of horrible dark brown laminate, it looked very ugly. Um, so now there's luxury vinyl tile in a gorgeous oak color. And I just adore her. Looks like a real tree. That stain in the back that you see is left by the plasterers. They were leveling the ceiling because it was covered in Artex, this horrible textured covering that was apparently very popular in the '70s. And it's just disgusting. It was, it was all over my apartment: every wall, every ceiling was covered with something like wood-fiber wallpaper or "artex." So I ordered it all to be
plastered over. Um, this place is left over from the countertop that was here before, and when I took it off, it was full of tiles and it looked pretty bad. So the craftsman laid it down and plastered it a little. I also have a kind of mysterious door. That mysterious door behind me now actually leads to nowhere. Once upon a time, there were stairs outside leading to the garbage can, um, but at some point someone decided it would be a good idea to remove those stairs and build an extension. So, this door is painted over tightly. If I wanted to pick them open, I'd just fall onto the roof of the outbuilding below, and the guys down below would be like, "What the hell was that?" And then there I would just lie, unconscious on their roof. So I wo n't do that.
Someday, when I have a little more money, I'll probably just lay them out with bricks. It's getting so hot here. In the summer, when the heat was at its peak, this room, because it faces south, oh my god, was like an oven. So, the heat goes through the window . The sun moves from left to right, and then heats this door, which is made of wood; they absorb heat and then radiate it back into the kitchen. So I don't really know what I'm going to do next year when I'm in active baking mode, because when you even turn on the oven, it's just crazy. I also have my pride and joy. This is my water filter. I'll put it here. Um, it's a ceramic water filter.
It has ceramic rods with charcoal inside, and it basically removes more microplastics, toxins, all sorts of nastiness, and chlorine than any other filter, and I love it. It holds 6 liters. I fill it up probably once a day. I drink, I really drink quite a lot of water. Yes, 6 liters, I would say, is more than enough for me for a day. And it just slowly filters through these ceramic rods. This is very cool. The water in these parts has a disgusting taste, straight from the tap. What else can I show you? I have a cart that holds all my coffee supplies. Of course, it's not perfect, mainly because of this. It rattles a lot. I want to put something
more permanent there. Um, I don't have enough cabinets to put my glasses, plates, and stuff. So I need to have some kind of unit, I think, like a cabinet or something, to set up a coffee station there, to put the cups and plates and all the dishes . And maybe something on the wall too, right here. This can look pretty cool. Um, but it might get cramped, so I'm not sure about that. Uh, what else? A. Did we see the lighting? Yes, it's a strip light, which means the light is very bright and horrible. So I'm going to change that, right now the lamp has just been hanging from the ceiling since the plasterers came, but it will be replaced with something
nice. I'm thinking about a blue bar with spotlights. That's what I think. What else can I tell you about this kitchen? Oh, when I moved, I bought a new washing machine because, again, inheriting an old rental car wasn't part of my future plans. Plus, she was, well, just disgusting. So I bought this washing machine, and it wouldn't fit under the countertop. So now I've had to take the legs off it to tuck it under the bottom, which means I can't pull it out properly, so it's sitting on this piece of hardboard, which, to be honest, isn't exactly the look I was going for. But if I don't put it there, I won't be able to get the washing machine if, for example, it breaks or something. So, yes. Fun. So, this kitchen, yeah, I feel like I don't
like it right now. I want to update it so that I love it and enjoy being in it, of course, to bake, but also to cook, because I've really lost the inspiration to cook, by the way, Eden won't eat anything I cook-not because of my cooking, just so you know. I just stopped cooking. I was just lazy. And now, because Eden is such a picky eater, I end up eating fish fingers and curly pasta. And honestly, she doesn't even eat it, Eden doesn't eat it. So, I want to start cooking again, but I feel like I can't until I start enjoying being in the kitchen, and in its current state, it's just, well, not really. Oh, if you're wondering what that big box is, it's my new sink, a white ceramic sink with a bowl that's a little bigger than my current one because my
current one is so small. And I'm getting a new one, I already have a new mixer. I really gave myself a gift. Uh, the faucet.everything else I do is very cheap, but the faucet is a Dowsing & Reynolds, a mint green faucet. I adore him and can't wait for him to arrive. Let me show you my color scheme. These are my colors. This is my paint. This is what the walls will look like. Uh, actually it's the same color as Eden's room. And that's the only reason I'm using this color, because I have some left and I just need to save money. But, uh, it's called " Felt Cute" by Coat, and I love it. It's such a pretty color in her room. Uh, very cute, warm and, uh, soft. I adore him. So, I also have, uh, microcement, which is actually almost the same color. This is " apple blossom".
Then I have white tiles, the seams of which I will probably grout with something pinkish-orange. And the upper cabinets will be this color. The lower cabinets will be this color. What do you think? That's all. This is my kitchen. So I 'll film whatever I can, whether I do it myself or, starting tomorrow. It will probably be very dirty. I really need to clean this room. Uh, all the things in the workshop need to be removed. So, that's my work for today. Uh-huh, so I'll keep you posted. Goodbye.
